Deer Park vs Katy

A side-by-side comparison of Deer Park and Katy: population, income, housing, and more.

Deer Park and Katy are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Deer Park has the higher population (33,823 vs 23,900 in Katy). Katy has the higher median household income ($107,332 vs $95,233 in Deer Park). Katy has the higher median home value ($376,800 vs $238,900 in Deer Park).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Park	Katy
Population	33,823	23,900
Median age	37.6 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$95,233	$107,332
Median home value	$238,900	$376,800
Median gross rent	$1,299	$1,609
Housing units	12,569	8,129
Homeownership rate	78.6%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	47.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Park	Katy
Population	33,855 → 33,823 (-0.1%)	20,202 → 23,900 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$80,592 → $95,233 (+18.2%)	$83,091 → $107,332 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$173,400 → $238,900 (+37.8%)	$197,300 → $376,800 (+91.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,170 → $1,299 (+11.0%)	$1,030 → $1,609 (+56.2%)

Deer Park

Population

33,85533,823

Median household income

$80,592$95,233

Median home value

$173,400$238,900

Median gross rent

$1,170$1,299

Katy

Population

20,20223,900

Median household income

$83,091$107,332

Median home value

$197,300$376,800

Median gross rent

$1,030$1,609

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Park	Katy
Under 5	6.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.4%	22.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.5%
75 and over	6.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Park	Katy
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	46.8%
Black or African American	2.8%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	38.2%	28.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Park	Katy
No high school diploma	9.9%	8.9%
High school graduate	29.1%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Park	Katy
Drove alone	81.8%	72.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	10.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.8%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	13.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Park	Katy
1-unit, detached	78.9%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Deer Park	Katy
Poverty rate	8.2%	5.4%
Average household size	2.85	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1981	2003